BEIJING, March 14 (Xinhua) -- China's online games have gained 9.59 billion dollars of revenue from overseas market in 2018, up 15.8 percent year on year.
The overseas market has become an important source of revenue for China's gaming industry in 2018, according to data from Game Publishers Association Publications Committee under China Audio-video and Digital Publishing Association.
Many Chinese online games have received great support from foreign investors in recent years.
For example, Sony Interactive Entertainment (Shanghai) recently announced a batch of seven Chinese online games included in its China Hero Project 2019.
The China Hero Project aims to help Chinese developers create competitive games and boost the long-term development of China's gaming industry. It has provided financial support for 11 game development teams since its inception in 2016, according to Soeda Takehito, president of Sony Interactive Entertainment (Shanghai). (Edited by Su Dan)